Interim Revenue Accountant

Go Fractional; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Jagex is seeking an Interim Revenue Accountant for a 6-month fixed-term contract in Cambridge, with a hybrid work pattern (2+ days in the office). The role focuses on accurate revenue recognition, month-end close, and robust financial reporting across multiple systems, including PayPal and Adyen.

You will drive process improvements, automate reconciliations and support the transition to Chargebee, working with large datasets and senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant status (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Demonstrable revenue accounting experience including revenue recognition, deferred revenue, accruals, journals, reconciliations.
• Experience reconciling large datasets and consolidating data for financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly revenue recognition process and associated journals.
• Reconcile revenue calculations across billing systems and PSP platforms.
• Analyse large revenue datasets across systems and support variance investigations.
• Run SQL-based data extracts to support revenue calculations and reconciliations.
• Develop and maintain advanced Excel models (Power Query/Power Pivot) for control and efficiency.
• Support transition to Chargebee billing platform ensuring reporting continuity.

Skills

SQL

Advanced Excel

PSP platforms

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Power Query

Power Pivot

PayPal

Adyen

Job description

Revenue Accountant, 6 Month Fixed-Term Contract

Location: Cambridge

Level: Mid and Senior level

Work Arrangement: 2+ days a week in office

Compensation: Salary not provided + Discretionary annual performance bonus

Required Skills: SQL

Who you are

• Qualified Accountant status, such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Demonstrable experience in revenue accounting, including revenue recognition, deferred revenue, accruals, journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
• Proven experience performing detailed reconciliations from source-system data through to financial reporting and general ledger postings
• Strong experience working with large, complex datasets in a finance or accounting environment, including consolidating data from multiple sources into accurate financial outputs
• Advanced Excel experience, including complex formulas, structured workbooks, Power Query and Power Pivot
• Demonstrable experience working with payment processing or transaction-based systems, including PSP settlement and cash-flow processes such as PayPal, Adyen or similar platforms
• Basic SQL skills or proven experience extracting and validating data directly from source systems

What the job involves

• We're looking for an Interim Revenue Accountant to join Jagex on a 6-month fixed-term contract, supporting key revenue accounting, reconciliation and reporting across Finance. You'll help ensure revenue is recognised accurately, month-end close runs smoothly, and financial records remain robust, complete and well controlled
• What makes this role stand out is the opportunity to do more than deliver business-as-usual revenue accounting. You'll play a direct role in improving how Jagex manages high-volume revenue data, supporting the transition from manual reconciliation processes towards more scalable, automated ways of working
• You'll work across multiple systems, billing data, PSP platforms and revenue outputs, helping the business understand what is driving revenue movements and giving senior stakeholders confidence in the integrity of the numbers during an important period of change
• Own the monthly revenue recognition process, consolidating and validating data from multiple source systems so revenue is recognised and deferred accurately
• Prepare monthly revenue and deferred revenue journals, ensuring calculations are fully supported and completed within month-end close timelines
• Reconcile revenue calculations, billing systems and PSP platforms such as PayPal and Adyen, resolving discrepancies to protect the completeness and accuracy of reported revenue
• Analyse large, complex revenue datasets across multiple systems and journal postings, turning fragmented outputs into clear, reliable financial insight
• Run and interrogate SQL-based data extracts, using the outputs to support revenue calculations, reconciliations and variance investigations
• Develop, maintain and enhance advanced Excel models and reconciliations, using tools such as Power Query and Power Pivot to improve control, scalability and efficiency
• Support the establishment and maintenance of revenue reconciliations for the new Chargebee billing platform, helping ensure reporting continuity through the transition from legacy systems
• Identify opportunities to automate, simplify and strengthen revenue accounting processes, reducing manual effort while maintaining accuracy and control